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Callie. Spencer and Scott were home for Christmas. They each bring something to the party.   Calie brought the Menora. She is trying to learn more  about Spencer's Jewish heritage.   Spencer made Halla.  It was delicious.  Scott wore his Santa hat again. I really can't tell if likes Christmas, but he always looks  festive.   The dogs were nice enough to pose. It was a good day  I spent the week delivering gifts to some of my many single friends.  I used some pillows, quilts and homemade bread.  Life is good. Jesus is real. He matters.  Merry Christmas sweet friends.

Raona Richards Hall Raona was born in Oakley, UT, to Ralph Ashton and Ida Naoma Laney Richards on 30 June 1930. She passed away peacefully while sleeping on 7 December 2022. Raona grew up on a dairy ranch as somewhat of a tomboy. She worked hard and loved to read, often lying on the back of a horse with a book while tending the cows. After graduating from South Summit High School, she moved to Salt Lake City to work. In 1950 she married Howard Gallatin Hall, and together they reared eight children. In 1953 they settled in Yuba City, CA, where she lived the remainder of her life. Raona was an intelligent, caring person who served in her church and in the community in a variety of ways for decades. Her service in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints included leading women’s and children’s organizations, maintaining instructional materials, and serving for many years in the Oakland and Sacramento temples. She also served full-time missions for the Church: first in Alabama with ...

Wes's mom passed away on December 7 2022. Although Wes claims that it wasn't a surprise, it was to me. She had been healthy and living in her own home. Wes's brothers checked on her and feed her every day. She had extreme dementia and was very confused.  This is the last time I saw her, June 2022. Her passing has been hard on me and some of my children, as our relationships with her were strained. I don't know how it is on Wes because he has not said one word about her since she passed.  She was always different.  She watched a college football game during our wedding reception. Thirty years later she introduced me at church as Kay Empeys daughter, not her daughter in law. Im mot sur she ever excepted me. She really had no relationship with Callie and Richard ever. The truth is that she had Social Anxiety and never reached out for help.  I thought how awkward it must have been for her to reunite with her family on the other side of the veil. I hope that m...

My daughter loves to visit New York and go to shows. She has become very familiar with the city as she and her friend that lives there have spent days walking and enjoying sights.  She really wanted me to go to The Music Man with Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster. I put it off until I recently found that airfare was more than reasonable and that the show would close in January.   So we left Idaho and flew to another land... far, far away. Here are the highlights and the pictures. We walked about 13 miles The weather was mild We spent a much on 3 Uber rrdes as airfare The show was fabulous.  Everything she said it would be and more.  World Trade Center Memorial  Fancy breakfast  First park Mood A little bit of heaven Yes please Another park  Rockefeller center Busy sidewalks; dressed in holiday style American Girl doll store; great p...